The helping community: Issues in the evaluation of a preventive intervention to promote informal helping

D’Augelli, Anthony R.; Vallance, Theodore R.

doi:10.1002/1520-6629(198207)10:3<199::aid-jcop2290100302>3.0.co;2-a

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“…The HSVRS has also been used to assess verbal behavior of individuals from diverse occupations, including bartenders, beauticians, dietitians, and social services workers (S. J. Danish, personal communication, 1980), informal helpers (D'Augelli & Vallance, 2006), clinical supervisors (McCarthy, Kulakowski, & Kenfield, 1994), and job recruiters (DeBell, Montgomery, McCarthy, & Lanthier, 1998).…”

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Surviving Grief: An Analysis of the Exchange of Hope in Online Grief Communities

Swartwood¹,

Veach²,

Kuhne³

et al. 2011

Omega (Westport)

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Online grief communities represent relatively new forms of peer support. However, the degree to which they are helpful for individual grieving processes is unknown. To date, no research has evaluated the type or quality of support exchanged in online grief communities. To begin to address these questions, this study analyzed 564 messages from internet grief websites to: (1) classify the type of helping skills used, and (2) extract themes contained in the content of the messages. Messages selected for analysis were the first response to an original post, assuming they would be the first effort to provide support to a grieving individual. Results revealed a majority of responses contained self-disclosure. Themes in the messages suggested provision of more than "one-way" support; messages themes also included exchanging hope for the future by sharing one's own story, validating the grief experience, providing resources, and exchanging psychosocial support. Clinical implications and research recommendations are discussed.

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Section: Message Format: Types Of Helping Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Surviving Grief: An Analysis of the Exchange of Hope in Online Grief Communities

Swartwood¹,

Veach²,

Kuhne³

et al. 2011

Omega (Westport)

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“…The HSVRS assesses the types of helping responses (rather than response quality) individuals use in one‐to‐one interactions. The HSVRS has demonstrated reliability and validity in studies of the helping responses of diverse groups, including paraprofessional helpers and untrained individuals (McCarthy et al, 1979 ); crisis interveners, psychotherapists, and nursing students (McCarthy & Knapp, 1984 ; Ryden et al, 1991 ); informal helpers (D'Augelli & Vallance, 2006 ); clinical supervisors (McCarthy et al, 1994 ); job recruiters (DeBell et al, 1998 ); and peers who reply to messages posted on grief websites (Swartwood et al, 2011 ).…”

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Genetic counselors' response types to prenatal patient deferring or attributing religious/spiritual statements: An exploratory study of US genetic counselors

Sitaula

Veach

MacFarlane

et al. 2022

Journal of Genetic Counseling

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Research shows religiosity and spirituality (R/S) influence genetic counseling patients' and families' risk perception, decision-making, and coping. No published studies have examined how genetic counselors respond to patient-initiated R/S statements. This exploratory study examined genetic counselors' response types and reasons for their responses to two prenatal patient's R/S statements. Genetic counselors (n = 225) recruited through a National Society of Genetic Counselors eblast completed a survey containing two hypothetical scenarios regarding a prenatal patient's receipt of a trisomy 18 diagnosis. Scenarios were identical except for the last patient statement: "God makes everything possible…we leave things in his hands" (a deferring statement)or "I feel like God is punishing me for something I did" (an attributing statement).Imagining they were the counselor, participants wrote a response to each scenario and provided reasons for their response. Responses were analyzed using the Helping Skills Verbal Response System. MANOVA and chi-square tests, examining differences in response type based on patient statement (deferring or attributing), participant comfort with R/S, and years of experience, yielded a significant multivariate effect for scenario (p < 0.001). Responses to the deferring statement scenario contained a greater proportion of content statements (p < 0.001), closed questions (p < 0.001), and information-giving (p < 0.001). Responses to the attributing statement scenario contained a greater proportion of open questions (p = 0.05), influencing statements (p < 0.001), and affective statements (p = 0.006). Neither comfort with R/S nor genetic counseling experience significantly affected response type. Thematic analysis of reasons for responses yielded nine themes. Most prevalent were exploration (of the patient's statement), validation, correction (of patient's beliefs), and reassurance.The findings reflect stylistic differences in how and why genetic counselors respond to patients.

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“…The model incorporates a formal decision-making process of adoption by community leaders, which precedes any formal program planning (see steps 5-7). Program implementors subsequently are trained, and reinforced for early adoption and implementation following Roger's model (see steps [8][9][10]. At each organizational step, a continuous evaluation of organizational process and outcome is emphasized to ensure effective program implementation, following the models of Green and Watzalawick (evaluation is conceptualized as Figure 2 Program Sequence a series of choice points or questions to be addressed; see Q.…”

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“…-~ Previous research suggests that three factors may determine successful entry, implementation, and ultimately, "institutionalization" of a community-based prevention program: sequential use of multiple channels for community program delivery; availability of community resourcs to support the program; and community "ownership" of the program. [6][7][8] In drug abuse prevention, a fourth factor is community awareness of the drug abuse p r~b l e m .~ In contrast to general health promotion or to prevention of heart disease, readily accepted as a physical illness, drug abuse is often associated with personal or family mental health p r~b l e m s .~-~~ Research indicates that these associations carry negative connotations in a society that prides itself on maintaining positive images of individuals and f a m i l i e~.~J~J~ Thus, drug abuse prevention often is met with fear, denial, and misunderstanding by one or more constituencies in the community.…”

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Community Organization and School Liaisons: How to Get Programs Started

Pentz

1986

Journal of School Health

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This paper briefly reviews four intervention models, Rothman's community organization, Green's system-centered education, Rogers' innovation-decision process, and Watzlawick's planned change, for their applicability to help initiate community-based programs for drug abuse prevention and health promotion in youth. An expanded model is described, including preprogram assessment of the target population, community, and drug use problem, and continuous evaluation of program process and product. School liaisons are emphasized as a key factor in early adoption and demonstration of a community-based program for youth. The expanded model, including school liaisons, is applied to a comprehensive community drug abuse prevention project being implemented in the Greater Kansas City area. The model--and the project--suggest methods for organizing communities for long-term drug prevention, initially at the level of school and school district, and later to the family, mass media, and community organizations in a proximal-to-distal sequence of programming.

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The helping community: Issues in the evaluation of a preventive intervention to promote informal helping

Cited by 22 publications

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Surviving Grief: An Analysis of the Exchange of Hope in Online Grief Communities

Surviving Grief: An Analysis of the Exchange of Hope in Online Grief Communities

Genetic counselors' response types to prenatal patient deferring or attributing religious/spiritual statements: An exploratory study of US genetic counselors

Community Organization and School Liaisons: How to Get Programs Started

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